The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-29
WHEEL NOTES.

"DoN'r JUDGE q man by the bicycle he
rides, it may be borrowed one."-OG
umbrella Joke aoOrhed 0rer.
SAM DoSELsoN is the happy possessol
of 4S-inch Special Star, for which he
exchanged an American Safety.
HERE Is the way some enthusiastic
rider boils over I'm the Spring tra-la. =
Little Stars are happy very,
Converts from the Ordinary
Singing all in accents merry;
Hurrah for the Little Star!
HENRY FAUST of 81. J. Faust & Sons
the fine cattle men, has of late been
"ras'ling." as Captain Davis puts it, with
the fiery and untamed bicycle. Al
though, like the man from Kaintuck,
was, perhaps, little late. he neVerthe-
less got there.
We AWAIT anXiously for particulars OF
the great 100 mile road race at Clarks-
vile, Mo-, mention of which was made
last week. The silver cup given for
first prize, is the handsomest ever given
for bicycle race. 1t stands over two
feet high, and is worth nearly $500. II
contains nearly 300 ounces of silver.
"FATHER, WHO is that man with the
large bright stone on his shirt front?"
THAT is. the man who makes BIZ
cycles"
did he invent the bicycle, father?"
"Oh, no, he improved the bicycle
the poor man with the eyeralls On in
Whted it."
why does not the man with over
alls wear the bright stone, fatherT"
Because the man who wears the
bright stone is q fnancier, while the
man with overalls is nothing but q
common honest man, and it takes all
he can earn to buy such foolish things
as bread, clothing, etc., for his family. F"
DROPPED IN at Howard A. Smith &
Co.'S. Newark, New Jersey,) the other
day. Mr.. Smith was in high good
humor at the seasons prospects, stating
that the business was bigger than ever
before. ITO give you an idea," he said,
'Ot the boom this spring, let me tell you
that the demand for secondhand
machines is unprecedented. The wholeot
last year we sold lS3 secondhand wheels
while we have sold thus far this season
ninety-three." Referring to the Star
boom. and the difficulty in getting Or
ders filled at the factory, he said that
his firm had foreseen this and had pro-
cured big stock ahead.-Cor. in L. Il.
". Bulletin.
How LIKE we that, We non-wheeling
reader? Doubt ye still that the bicycle
has come to stay? Know ye! The
above is but a sample OF what 1000
other bicycle agents are doing.
Verify. the business man who would
keep pace with the times, must see that
his clerks and himself are mounted ION
steeds of STEEL"
The OFFICIAL programme of the
eighth annual meet at st. Louis, Mo-, of
the League of American Wheelmen
(the L. A. w. for SHORTY is veritable
work of art. 1t consists of thirty-two
pages printed on brown paper, with
roughened edges in type and general
get-up of rye olden time" It is pro
fusely illustrated with artistic as we'll
as comic pictures. A wheelman's
trayesty of Where are you going, my
pretty maid?" introduces picture of a
tune. the following lines furnishing
an explanation:
Where are you going, my pretty msid2
"
Would my attendance displeass you, my
pretty maid?
''Twould hardly be proper, sir" she said.
But I'm also a wheelman, my pretty maid
"Ahi then come with me gladly, sir" she
said.
Taken as whole it is souvenir well
worth preserving. Each member of the
League receives copy. See copy al
Pembroke's or Barnes & Davis, if you
wish.
READER, WILL you kindly glanct
over my shoulder while statisticize
(my how near I came to header or
that-luckily for me that I was riding
Starr for you. You have to walk
say six blocks from your residence to
your place of labor, you average foul
trips day, consuming Is minute:
each time, equal to / hour a day, OF
365 hours in one year. Il shall not de-
duct Sundays, for you generally wall
as much on that day as any other)
You could ride that distance on 1
bicycle in 5 minutes each trip o.
20 minutes per day. equal to III hours
difference of 244 hours, or "a days o
III hours each nearly whole month il
one yeari If time is money, who will
be old fogy enough to say that an!
man knowing the value OF time, cal
afford to walk? This, mind you. i
only one small item compared with tn
walking done by collectors, canvassers
superintenoents having workmen IL
different places, messengers, pupils at
tending distant schools, etc., ad in
fnitum. Think We on these things, y
fathers OF the rising generation.